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Ticks acquire a wide range of microorganisms as a natural part of their lifecycle. Bacteria, viruses, and protozoa can be transmitted to ticks during feeding and free-living phases. DGGE profiling is a molecular method to describe the microbial population associated with ticks and demonstrate some of the complexity and variety of tick-borne microorganisms. The present study profiled a total of 120  I. ricinus  ticks, which were divided into three equally sized groups. We found that  B. burgdorferi  s.l.-infected ticks presented a pattern consisting of bacterial  Pseudomonas   spp. (67.5%),  Bacillus  spp. (50%), and  Sphingomonas  spp. (77.5%), while  A. phagocytophilum -infected ticks were associated with  Pseudomonas  spp. (82.5%) and  Sphingomonas  spp. (57.5%). All profiles had one or more  Pseudomonas  species present, and the intramitochondrial endosymbiont Candidatus  Midichloria mitochondrii  was present in more than 25% of the samples. Statistical analysis demonstrated that the microbial communities were not significantly different between the groups and that the groups could not be characterised by a specific microbial population.

international journal of microbiology

DGGE Identification of Microorganisms Associated withBorrelia burgdorferiSensu Lato- orAnaplasma phagocytophilum-InfectedIxodes ricinusTicks from Northwest Norway